Batter-mixer.



WU. 40,369. Patented Jan. 2. I900.

R. R. E8088.

BATTER MIXER.

(Application filed' Apr.

No Model.)

in STTES PATNT OFFICE.

RANSLAR R. onoss, or oNE'oNrA, new YORK.

'ATTER- -BXER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,369, dated January 2, 1900. Application filed April 25, 1899. Serial No. 714,421 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANSLAR R. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Batter Mixers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification...

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated ings. l

in the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a device enibodyin the invention. 2 is a top plan View of the same, the cranlr being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the stirrer and the supporting-bar carrying it.

The main part of the pan or vessel inay be of any construction suitable in the promiscs. However, a flange 5 projects outwardly from the edge oi its mouth. In the side of the pan immediately below the flange are the apertures 0. in the flange diametrically opposite the apertures 6 are the openings 7. In

I the pan is rotatably mounted the stirrer, consisting of the blades 8,'having the recess 9. The blades are curved, as at 10, so that they will cause the material being mixed to travel in a substantially circular path rather than be forced outwardly against the side of the pan, as itwouldbell the blades were straight. The recess 9 allows the blades to pass readily through the material being mixed and thereby facilitates the mixing process.

The stirrer is attached to the lower end of the shaft 11. The latter has its upper end screw-threaded, as at 12, and it is journaled in the bearing 13, formed in the lower end of the sleeve lei, carried by the supportingbar 15. The shaft 11 passes downwardly through the sleeve and supports the stirrer within the pan. The diameter of the interior periphery of the sleeve at its upper end is greater than in the accompanying draw.

that of the screw-threaded portion of the shaft, so that the said screw-threaded portion will not come in contact with the sleeve. On the upper end of the shaft is turned the nut 16, which has projectingfrom its under side the annular flange 17 adapted to bear on the upper end of the sleeve. The thumb-nut serves to hold the shaft in the sleeve and also permits a vertical adjustment of the shaft. By adjusting the shaft in the sleeve the distance which the stirrer enters the pan can be varied.

The supporting-bar 15 is placed across the mouth of the pan and is provided with means for securing it against accidental displace ment. Projecting from the lug 20 on the under side of the supporting-bar at one end are the pins 21. These pins are adapted to engage with the apertures 6 in the side of the pan when the supporting-bar is in position. From the opposite end of the supporting-bar project the pins 22 to engage with the openings 7 in the flange 5. The end of the bar from. which the pins 22 project is provided with a spring-clip 23, adapted to engage with the flange to hold the pins 22 in the openings.

.To secure the supporting-bar in place, the pins 21 are inserted in the apertures 6 in tho side of the pan, with the end of the bar rest in g on the flange. Then the other end of the bar is moved to bring the, pins 22 into register with the openings 7 in the flange. The clip 23 is then forced into engagement with the fian e and holds the end of the bar on which it is mounted down against the flange. In this way the bar is securely held in place against accidental displacement; but at the same time it can be readily detached from the pan when it is desired to remove the stirrer.

It is obvious that instead of two openings in the side of the pan and two openings in the flange only one opening in each and a single pin at each end of the bar may be used.

A crank 24; is provided for rotating the stirrer. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is i 1. In a battenmixer, a pan having an aperture in its side near its mouth, a flange pro jecting from the edge of the mouth of said pan and having an opening in the same dia- -said bar.

metric'ally opposite the aperture in the side i bar and adapted'to engage with the said opening in the flange, a spring-slip on the bar for engagin-g'the flange and a stirrer carried by 2. In abattoir-mixer, a pan, a supportinghar placed across the mouth of said pan,m'eans for holding said bar thereon to prevent accidental displacement, a sleeve carried by said bar and having abearing formed in its lower end, ashaft journaled in 'saidfbearing and having its upper end sorew-thireaded, a nut turned on the said screw-thread'd end of the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix inysignatnre in the presence of two witnesses. RANSLAR R. CROSS.

' I Witnesses: a

GRANT B RROUGHS, F. H. SCHOTT. 

